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Isolation and characterization of salt-sensitive mutants of the moderate halophile Halomonas elongata and cloning of the ectoine synthesis genes.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Oct 1997
Cánovas D, Vargas C, Iglesias-Guerra F, Csonka L N, Rhodes D, Ventosa A, Nieto J J
Abstract excerpt
The moderate halophile Halomonas elongata Deustche Sammlung für Mikroorganismen 3043 accumulated ectoine, hydroxyectoine, glutamate, and glutamine in response to osmotic stress (3 M NaCl). Two Tn1732-induced mutants, CHR62 and CHR63, that were severely affected in their salt tolerance were isolated. Mutant CHR62 could not grow above 0.75 M NaCl, and CHR63 did not grow above 1.5 M NaCl. These mutants did not...
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